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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

fresh cranberry rounds for breakfast

Last night I made those tangy, delicious fresh (or fresh but frozen) cranberry muffins everyone loves so much, but especially ME. I mix the whole frozen cranberries into a fresh orange juice batter and bake them up in my cherished Texas-size muffin tins -8 muffins means some for me, some to share. Lately, though, I've been trying to tame the hungry monster by slicing the muffins horizontally, into three or four rounds, and only eating half. They toast up beautifully, and slicing them this way means I eat just a little less.

Beautiful day here, warm enough for just a light fleece jacket, and if you look up, there's a sunny blue sky!

4 comments:

Oh, my friends just LOVE those big fat muffins, Nana! And it just occurred to me that if you slice off the top of the fat muffin, you have a cute little cake. Add a candle and sing Happy Birthday to Tuesday!

I can't think of a muffin that I've ever met that I didn't like - this looks like a keeper, too. I love cranberries and I think your idea of cutting them into rounds is quite clever (but I think I would still wind up eating the whole thing!).

Barb - I swear, it really does work to cut them this way! Maybe it's the more delicate presentation, but I stretched out one muffin over the whole day. I am, however, still sporting that little band of chubby around my middle, darn.Only 12 days til Valentine's Day, so there's still hope for goodies in your future:)